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the party just nominated a man who was 15 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal than him. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, in a district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. democrat, running as a national democrat, vanquished the republican, who was an iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and that was a loser, folks. take that as an example of where we are going in the debate in 2012. >> colby, this week the federal reserve reported what most of us know already, that our net worth is shrinking. median net net worth declined to $77,300 in 2012. a lot of that is housing. median on equity dropped 42.3%. >> this is pre-barack obama. that is an argument we are going to hear over and over again, who is responsible for it. i would like to not shifted gears but to stay on the subject of 2012, especially as far as congress is concerned. that is where we are going to see real ac
the party just nominated a man who was 15 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal than him. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, in a district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. democrat, running as a national democrat, vanquished the republican, who was an iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and...
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the party has just nominated a guy who is 1515 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, and aa district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. the democrat running as an national democrat vanquished the republican, who was an a iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and that was a loser, folks. take that as an example where wee are going in the ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] from our nation's networks... ♪ ♪ ...to our city streets... ♪ ♪ ...to skies around the world... ♪ ♪ ...northrop grumman's security solutions are invisibly at work, protecting people's lives... [ soldier ] move out! [ male announcer ] ...without their even knowing it. that's the value of performance. northrop grumman. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more and more for cable -- and enjoying it less? upgrade to verizon fios internet, tv and phone for just $99.99
the party has just nominated a guy who is 1515 miles to the left of ronald reagan. how do you explain that? every republican nominee since reagan has been more liberal. >> we had a special election this week in arizona, and aa district that republicans have carried at the presidential level consistently since its creation. the democrat running as an national democrat vanquished the republican, who was an a iraq veteran, who came out for the ryan budget, the privatization of medicare, and...
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he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a former george bush speech writer saying, the fact he thought it would be desirable to ignore the world for 100 days is troubling. the fact that romney is recounting this anecdote does not reflect his understanding of the job he's campaigning for. there's no foreign policy subject on which i agree with either of those guys. they are absolutely the opposite end of the number line for me in terms of what i think america should do in the world. but even though i would agree with these guys on nothing else, on this, yeah, duh, i think we can agree that foreign pol
he was using that story as a way of praising ronald reagan. i want no more national security meetings over the next 100 days. wasn't that great he did that? this is sort of amazing. the idea that a president could opt out of working on foreign policy. say, that's not my area of focus. i need to focus on something else. when mitt romney suggested in july to those donors that that would be his approach as president, even mr. romney's supporters on the right got mad at him for saying that. a...
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and ronald reagan won a landslide. what happened was the white vote in those days was 88% and it is now down to 72% and falling. you have to get higher and higher shares of it. impossible shares of it for the republicans and that is the demographic did disaster. >> it is not a disaster. they have to reach out to nonwhites. >> since, see pat get the picture. 15 years. >> it has taken that long. >> why did black votes vote 9-1 against hillary clinton in mississippi? >> they supported her overwhelmingly initially. >> remember when black folks supported hillary 2-1 over obama? remember that? that went out the window. >> not just because of race, otherwise, they would be how soon i forget, the pizza man. how soon i forget. >> herman cain. >> he got 1.6 million fewer african-american votes than he got in 2008. >> because there has been a little bit of disappointment. i would say about that much. >> turnout is smaller john. >> what did they want him to do that he didn't do? >> he hasn't done anything specifically targeting th
and ronald reagan won a landslide. what happened was the white vote in those days was 88% and it is now down to 72% and falling. you have to get higher and higher shares of it. impossible shares of it for the republicans and that is the demographic did disaster. >> it is not a disaster. they have to reach out to nonwhites. >> since, see pat get the picture. 15 years. >> it has taken that long. >> why did black votes vote 9-1 against hillary clinton in mississippi?...
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. >> i did not hear him give a tip o'neill credit for ronald reagan's revolution in any way. what gas wo -- what gas was at its highest in 2008, but the democrats exploit it politically? you better believe it. if gas prices are high in 2012, you better believe republicans exploit it. >> can the president win if gasoline is $5 a gallon? >> it will hurt his chances. we lose a big question. generally, the two numbers that tell the most on election day is the -- and pulled the unemployment a -- were at a price of gasoline. it -- the unemployment number and the price of gasoline. it takes money out of your paycheck. it has an indirect effect because it slows the economy. it is attacks on the economy, it ends up in the pockets of saudis and russians. it has the secondary effect on unemployment. in that sense, if it begins to rise and depresses the economic recovery, that is the most important element. >> is it not true that when ronald reagan was running for reelection, the price of gas also went up, and he won? when george w. bush was running for reelection, the price of gas went
. >> i did not hear him give a tip o'neill credit for ronald reagan's revolution in any way. what gas wo -- what gas was at its highest in 2008, but the democrats exploit it politically? you better believe it. if gas prices are high in 2012, you better believe republicans exploit it. >> can the president win if gasoline is $5 a gallon? >> it will hurt his chances. we lose a big question. generally, the two numbers that tell the most on election day is the -- and pulled the...
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. and ronald reagan institutionalized it. he founded the white house office of political affairs which every president since has had, and that's given us the situation we have now where you are used to having the key mpaign advisers like david axelrod and david plus and karl rove who are in the white house on the government payroll. they are there to help the president do his job, but there are certainly the concerns that you have a perception of a politicized white house and a politicized presidency. >> brendan doherty is a professor of the u.s. naval academy. this is his most recent book th rise of the president's permanent campaign, university of kansas is the publisher. professor, do states and aren't battleground states, do they ge the short shrift because of this? they do. they certainly do. and in chapter four of the book i look at places the president' never go or at least rarely. the states that systematicall neglected by the parties
. and ronald reagan institutionalized it. he founded the white house office of political affairs which every president since has had, and that's given us the situation we have now where you are used to having the key mpaign advisers like david axelrod and david plus and karl rove who are in the white house on the government payroll. they are there to help the president do his job, but there are certainly the concerns that you...
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reagan, but we've had spike in the disproportionate focus in the key states in lesser presidency, george w. bush's presidency and barack ama obama's. >> host: what you teach at the u.s. naval academy? >> guest: i teach courses on the presidency of campaigns, elections, politics generally and occasionally course on the congress. it's a wonderful place to teach. >> host: are those require courses or elective courses? >> guest: the introductory to american politics is required every student must take a cours the u.s. constitution. the other courses or upper-leve elective courses are mostly political science majors come up with all sisters throughout the majors across the naval academy. >> host: what are some of the equent questions you get from e cadet? >> guest: faired midshipman. it's a common name given to cadets at west point and air force. so the mid, they have lots of questions. they're curious about the esidents are less commander-in-chief. this on teaching our campaigns and ele
reagan, but we've had spike in the disproportionate focus in the key states in lesser presidency, george w. bush's presidency and barack ama obama's. >> host: what you teach at the u.s. naval academy? >> guest: i teach courses on the presidency of campaigns, elections, politics generally and occasionally course on the congress. it's a wonderful place to teach. >> host: are those require courses or elective courses? >> guest: the...
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everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming. we will see you elsewhere during the day. >> here is a look at some of what we are covering on the c- span network today. at 1230 on c-span, the federalist society previews the upcoming supreme court term. remarks from education secretary arne duncan on c-span 2, the new america foundation looks at child care and education policy.
everybody talks about ronald reagan -- ronald reagan did not shrink the size of government. government was much bigger when reagan left office than when he started. there is this idea that is created out there that does not match the reality. when you get down to local communities where we do compromise, where we make the tough policy decisions, then yes, sometimes you can not do it. >> we are out of time. we are committed to sticking to the schedule. [applause] thank you all for coming....
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but i don't know that anybody ever said ronald reagan was a terrorist or george w. bush was a terrorist, right? i mean, that's where this is not just a slight difference. it's a huge difference, the level of attacks we've seen against president obama. >> but part of that criticism, this goes to another narrative, is that he's isolated, and many in him call him arrogant. address those allegations because it is out there. >> i don't see -- isolated i've heard. i guess i've heard arrogance. and i'm there almost every day. i do think they're more isolated than our reporters like. the access is not always easy with the president certainly or his top officials. and i hear that explained a lot in the white house press corps. and i think the president himself, he's not a glad hander. he's not around washington going to all the parties. he has a very tight circle of friends. a lot of them chicago based. and i think that has hurt him in a way that he hasn't built as many friends as he could here in washington who could help him further his agenagenda. i think that's a legitim
but i don't know that anybody ever said ronald reagan was a terrorist or george w. bush was a terrorist, right? i mean, that's where this is not just a slight difference. it's a huge difference, the level of attacks we've seen against president obama. >> but part of that criticism, this goes to another narrative, is that he's isolated, and many in him call him arrogant. address those allegations because it is out there. >> i don't see -- isolated i've heard. i guess i've heard...
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reagan came along. and he. he would have likely used hartings same exact platform of more business and government less government business had it not been badly tarnished instead reagan put in place basically the same exact policies as already rolling back labor protections even singlehandedly breaking up the air traffic controllers union known as pac he pushed deregulation like harding did he gave nearly an identical tax cut to the richest already did he cut top tax rate from seventy four percent to twenty eight percent and just like already his policies led to an economic catastrophe within a decade so did reagan when the newly deregulated savings and loan industry collapsed in the late one nine hundred eighty s. once again more business in government bad idea yet it was tried once again in two thousand when george w. bush was elected president of the nation's first m.b.a. president within a decade of a businessman moving into the white house which is tax cuts and deregulation once again crashed our e
reagan came along. and he. he would have likely used hartings same exact platform of more business and government less government business had it not been badly tarnished instead reagan put in place basically the same exact policies as already rolling back labor protections even singlehandedly breaking up the air traffic controllers union known as pac he pushed deregulation like harding did he gave nearly an identical tax cut to the richest already did he cut top tax rate from seventy four...
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. >> is it not true that when ronald reagan was running for reelecon, the price of gas went up and he won? when george w. bush was runningng for reelection, the price of gas went up? >> reagan also experienced the dominant question was unemployment. there had been a tremeous drop in unemployment and the trajecry was headed down with a reelectionon, and a growth rate was 6%. today is what we 7% >> which m makes my point that gas prices are not determined to of withth an election. >> we a how did this small colorado town get through tough economic times? freight rail. it attracted large companies, like vestas. we built four factories to make turbine blades towers, and genetors. creating over venteen hundndred jobs. then suppliers, stores more companies followed, creating more jobs. economists call that the ripple effect. i call it the freight rail effect. freight rail connects ery corner of america, bringing jobs and economic growth along for the ride. visit freightrailworks.org. >> i have a body, which is my right to control. >> she was fious about a propos virginia legislation that wo
. >> is it not true that when ronald reagan was running for reelecon, the price of gas went up and he won? when george w. bush was runningng for reelection, the price of gas went up? >> reagan also experienced the dominant question was unemployment. there had been a tremeous drop in unemployment and the trajecry was headed down with a reelectionon, and a growth rate was 6%. today is what we 7% >> which m makes my point that gas prices are not determined to of withth an...
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ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively nominated mitt romney, who is in the reagan tradition, a conservative with a conservative record, governed effectively in a blue state, working across the aisle, somebody who has produced results. >> but as republicans make comparisons
ronald reagan's legacy is causing a bit of fracture in the gop as party leaders debate what role the herolded republican president would play today. jeb bush is taking flack for saying republicans today have moved too far right for reagan to be accepted in the party. meanwhile, this morning, tim pawlenty said mitt romney embodies reagan's principles. >> say the republican party currently wouldn't endorse ronald reagan or something like that, we just nominated mitt romney or presumptively...
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reagan. would he have lived up to that pledge? >> i designed the pledge with reagan support in '86 in order to get the tax reform act of '86 enacted. the reason was.... >> jon: although the tax reform act raise taxes. >> it was revenue neutral. >> jon: loopholes. >> i'm in favor of closing loopholes and reduce rates at the same time. as long as it's not a trojan horse for a tax increase there's a bilk voted on tomorrow in the senate which takes all of those tax credits at the various energy companies get, eliminates all the tax credits that are specific to energy and reduces rates. revenue neutral. gets rid of all those distortions, all that the ethanol tax credit and some of the ones that the oil and natural gas guys get. you'll find out tomorrow who is for getting rid of favorites, fate ritism and special tax credit without raising revenue, without raising taxes net. >> jon: what about the idea though that because it's so simple and so absolutist that it's almost impossible. like if i had a
reagan. would he have lived up to that pledge? >> i designed the pledge with reagan support in '86 in order to get the tax reform act of '86 enacted. the reason was.... >> jon: although the tax reform act raise taxes. >> it was revenue neutral. >> jon: loopholes. >> i'm in favor of closing loopholes and reduce rates at the same time. as long as it's not a trojan horse for a tax increase there's a bilk voted on tomorrow in the senate which takes all of those tax...
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reagan, and george w. bush contributed to. neil: thank you, sir, pat, always a pleasure. >> always. thank you very much, neil. neil: all right, well i have a filing this might come up as a debate next week it could be a game changer that maybe media is wrong page. we are out in denver for the opening salvo, what will be for debate that kicks in denver could we're there 8:00 p.m. eastern time through midnight, unlike a lot of other business networks that say, yeah it is a big election, be there or be square, we're there. you know, until we're not. don't be late. >> meanwhile, the guy who said that president obama push to make taxes high, might have hit a new low, did the president say rich guys who point lovs who dor taxes don't love their country? >> and why the guys in charge are charging us right off the cliff. neil: president coming out swinging, hitting his favorite target, rich fies guys, with a patriotic duty to pay more. so jay, you hear this, and are you offended or what? >> i think it's shameful o
reagan, and george w. bush contributed to. neil: thank you, sir, pat, always a pleasure. >> always. thank you very much, neil. neil: all right, well i have a filing this might come up as a debate next week it could be a game changer that maybe media is wrong page. we are out in denver for the opening salvo, what will be for debate that kicks in denver could we're there 8:00 p.m. eastern time through midnight, unlike a lot of other business networks that say, yeah it is a big election, be...
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didn't happen and the reason why mitt romney really was no ronald reagan is because ron reagan connected with voters he was an actor he had that ability to even you know even though he. might not understand or or voters might not be able to connect with his his life style ronald reagan's life style i mean obviously he was he was very well off but at the same time he was able to to connect with them on a very personal level that twinkle in his eye they feel that they like to able to connect with democrat was democratic crossover democratic independent voters who he appealed to mitt romney didn't have that appeal so it wasn't the same kind of you know steve i mean i'm kind of neutral here on this one ok but i'll give. you're a man what credit for he's a great campaigner i don't know if he's a great president i don't know if he's a great politician but he's a great campaigner he was just more likable than romney i think you'd agree with that but the third point at least. actually i think he's personally much much more likable than mitt romney but the final exit polls actually showed that ro
didn't happen and the reason why mitt romney really was no ronald reagan is because ron reagan connected with voters he was an actor he had that ability to even you know even though he. might not understand or or voters might not be able to connect with his his life style ronald reagan's life style i mean obviously he was he was very well off but at the same time he was able to to connect with them on a very personal level that twinkle in his eye they feel that they like to able to connect with...
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and i think it's great to pay tribute to ronald reagan. he was one of the greatest presidents ever. >>> ahead, a scary moment for australia's leader. plus what happened on that tarmac in arizona? governor jan brewer on her exchange with the president.
and i think it's great to pay tribute to ronald reagan. he was one of the greatest presidents ever. >>> ahead, a scary moment for australia's leader. plus what happened on that tarmac in arizona? governor jan brewer on her exchange with the president.
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reagan best put it when he said, years ago, when he was a democrat, did you know ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it, he did not leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you that the republican party, in 1980, when i was elected in the senate, was a vastly different republican party than it was as we moved into the 21st century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an confusion of funding, that we would be heading for a 1930-style depression. we had seen a few months earlier, when george w. bush was the president, that he came up with a $700 billion package to assist the banking and automotive industries. $700 billion was a twin brother to what president obama came up with a few months later. a hundred and $78 billion -- $878 billion. the bush wrote -- the bush program was voted down. this got me to the stock market brought down 700 points in september of 2008. -- the stock market brought down 700 points in september of 2008. kennedy said if you do not pass this package, you will turn geo
reagan best put it when he said, years ago, when he was a democrat, did you know ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it, he did not leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you that the republican party, in 1980, when i was elected in the senate, was a vastly different republican party than it was as we moved into the 21st century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an confusion of funding, that we...
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and start talk about ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan at this point in his president, 8% growth -- >> we're not debating ronald reagan -- >> he hasn't fixed it and now we see economic growth -- we're heading towards a recession. >> jennifer: we're heading towards a recession. consumer confidence is at a seven-month high, the s&p 500 is up nearly 15% year to date. but this is what fox news does when the facts don't confirm with their version of reality, they call the data skewed. >> it's very strange that big unemployment number seems to be skewed. the department may be becoming a bit partisan. i state on air, and the left goes absolutely bonkers and call me a conspiracy theorist. >> jennifer: maybe that's because you are. if fox news hosts don't like reality, they just make up their own version of events. >> the romney campaign has sent a lot of time asking a question from 1980. are you better off than four years ago, when any damn fool knows that in 2008 this country was in crisis. why would you pick that year as your fourth-year comparison. >> jennifer: i love it. really? lou dobbs
and start talk about ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan at this point in his president, 8% growth -- >> we're not debating ronald reagan -- >> he hasn't fixed it and now we see economic growth -- we're heading towards a recession. >> jennifer: we're heading towards a recession. consumer confidence is at a seven-month high, the s&p 500 is up nearly 15% year to date. but this is what fox news does when the facts don't confirm with their version of reality, they call the...
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>> ronald reagan sounded presidential precisely becau he was calm, because he didn't attempt to assert himself. didn't try to take advantage. mitt romney sounded like a presidential candidate in that he was opportunistic. he tried to use the moment. he moved really before the facts were clear. and he hurt himself in a way that is going to take him a while to undo. there's a serious argument that mitt romney should make about american power in the world and the argument is that america's weakness, that barack obama's policy of standing back, of letting these events play out, is leading to ever more disorder and violence. that's an argument the country should have. but it shouldn't have it in the heat of the moment when this comes across really, i thought, as blaming america. and not focusing on the events there. chris: does everybody agree with that? >> it seemed to me what governor romney was trying to do is what david was driving at. but he didn't do that with a statement. what he did was inject himself into a fast-moving story that was in libya and what he was criticizing with egypt
>> ronald reagan sounded presidential precisely becau he was calm, because he didn't attempt to assert himself. didn't try to take advantage. mitt romney sounded like a presidential candidate in that he was opportunistic. he tried to use the moment. he moved really before the facts were clear. and he hurt himself in a way that is going to take him a while to undo. there's a serious argument that mitt romney should make about american power in the world and the argument is that america's...
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. >> remember, ronald reagan was called the great communicator. he didn't give himself that night. but in his farewell address as president he said -- they call me that come out take that, but really i was communicating the idea that came from the american people. that was an old constructs that made -- reagan had a way of doing it. we still remember the shining city on the hill. the city on the hill comes from the new testament but in our country it comes from john blunt threat and was quoted by many presidents, including john kennedy, massachusetts man. but when reagan included shiny -- in that speech he actually defines it. windswept -- teaming with activity, if there have to be walls the walls have doors and the doors open to anybody who wants to come. >> another version of the sun -- >> from churchill. >> the one word can modify a very plebeian fought into a really great thought. >> and yet there are speech is that presidents can make that can just turn things upside down. but the speech that included the axis of evil. if ever things were turned upside down in our foreign poli
. >> remember, ronald reagan was called the great communicator. he didn't give himself that night. but in his farewell address as president he said -- they call me that come out take that, but really i was communicating the idea that came from the american people. that was an old constructs that made -- reagan had a way of doing it. we still remember the shining city on the hill. the city on the hill comes from the new testament but in our country it comes from john blunt threat and was...
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i liked ronald reagan. i respected ronald reagan. i disagreed with his policies. this is the obama derangement syndrome. that you just heard. word for word. the idea that president obama admits that he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits him and george w. bush denied it and the media let him get away with it. look what obama has accomplished in his lifetime and look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him rather than, which this guy just did. that's the book. go after him personally. they can't -- they cannot help themselves.
i liked ronald reagan. i respected ronald reagan. i disagreed with his policies. this is the obama derangement syndrome. that you just heard. word for word. the idea that president obama admits that he experimented with drugs, the only difference between him and george w. bush is he admits him and george w. bush denied it and the media let him get away with it. look what obama has accomplished in his lifetime and look at his policies as president and tell me where you disagree with him rather...
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in rolled ronald reagan to reassert american supremacy in the world. now, that wasn't necessarily the experience of the population at large. to the population at large, america was in a recession at the end of jimmy carter's first term in 19080, experiencing a recovery in 1984. the voting was essentially reflection of the economy reality of the day. the stung in 1980, it was getting better in 84, reagan won again. this year, central retore i cal challenge that barack obama has faced and faces now is not a nation recovering from a financial crisis. but a national psyche that once again is haunted by the specter of permanent american decline. for his likely opponent the fall the way to run against barack obama is clear, blame him entirely for the economic difficulties and insinuate sometimes not so softly, that if reelected, barack obama will guarantee irrepairable damage to american supremacy. >> this campaign is about more than replacing a president. it's about saving the soul of america. president obama and i have very different visions of america. pr
in rolled ronald reagan to reassert american supremacy in the world. now, that wasn't necessarily the experience of the population at large. to the population at large, america was in a recession at the end of jimmy carter's first term in 19080, experiencing a recovery in 1984. the voting was essentially reflection of the economy reality of the day. the stung in 1980, it was getting better in 84, reagan won again. this year, central retore i cal challenge that barack obama has faced and faces...
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>> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> number one. >> who did they put number two? >> i'm going have to cheat. bill clinton. isn't that interesting. >> number three. franklin roosevelt. so as far as barack obama, by the way, barack obama scored mid left in both polls. >> interesting. i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular certainly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as number ten of the 20. they put him at the bottom of the list just below ronald reagan. but it is interesting. the popular people put him in the middle of achievements. it was one of the top ten in the country, so they excluded george w. bush. to my regret they excluded george herbert walker bush who i personally thing they deserved more credit than they got. the popular vote excluded woodrow wilson. woodrow wilson charted american history for the next years. >> what do you make of the breakdown if you look at the list that's used democratic. out of ten, only three are republicans. >> yeah. i mean the people, four were repu
>> ronald reagan. >> ronald reagan. >> number one. >> who did they put number two? >> i'm going have to cheat. bill clinton. isn't that interesting. >> number three. franklin roosevelt. so as far as barack obama, by the way, barack obama scored mid left in both polls. >> interesting. i mean maybe not for people today because he obviously is very popular certainly with democrats, but for historians to choose a living president. >> they chose him as...
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and i alluded to ronald reagan who was open to getting some if not most of what he wanted because it meant getting none of what he wanted. jerry brown tax cut which was a flat tax rate on everyone. no progressivity and replacing all federal taxes with two flat rate taxes it was not revenue neutral and it had a little bit of positive revenue. i supported that all of the way because of the tremendous boon bye getting rid of the income tax and i think it would have been wonderful. we need to compromise on all of the issues but not until we have a good position. i don't want to compromise before we start the discussion. i think -- >> wait until the election. >> and then sit down with your people. you don't give away your fail back position before you start. >> we'll see. thank you very much. >>> and how the rest of the world, thank you. and how the rest of the world is viewing us and this and the back and forth and dismissing all of not that they are q. in great shape themselves. but we are hardly looking like fiscal jack lalanes. can what is happens over there happen over here? don't la
and i alluded to ronald reagan who was open to getting some if not most of what he wanted because it meant getting none of what he wanted. jerry brown tax cut which was a flat tax rate on everyone. no progressivity and replacing all federal taxes with two flat rate taxes it was not revenue neutral and it had a little bit of positive revenue. i supported that all of the way because of the tremendous boon bye getting rid of the income tax and i think it would have been wonderful. we need to...
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but i think what interested ronald reagan was my life as council. he loves riding horses. and he kept some horses, even in the white house he had some horses for he and his wife. now the place where the parkway is. i even borrowed them a couple of types to go on a ride. but he loves ranch life, and loves horses. so i think that's what he likes about me i don't know if it was my legal ability. >> o'conner left the court in january of 2006, she said that she wanted to spend more time with her husband who had developed alzheimer's disease. she described him as always supportive. >> i told him what president reagan told me. i said john the president just called and he wants to put me on the u.s. supreme court, what do you think about that. what should you do. well you have to say yes. i mean he was amazing. it was just amazing. and he was so outgoing and so open and so decent about accepting all these things that i did. i wish every woman who is getting married could marry someone as wonderful as i did with john o'conner. >> reporter: reporter bruce morgan filed this report ab
but i think what interested ronald reagan was my life as council. he loves riding horses. and he kept some horses, even in the white house he had some horses for he and his wife. now the place where the parkway is. i even borrowed them a couple of types to go on a ride. but he loves ranch life, and loves horses. so i think that's what he likes about me i don't know if it was my legal ability. >> o'conner left the court in january of 2006, she said that she wanted to spend more time with...
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think about ronald reagan, a comparable time in his reelection, and it is historically the lowest since the second world war. that is the reason that the jobs problem is going to remain stagnant between now and election day. >> look at the election of 1952. harry truman is seen as a great president, and if you look back at that time, all these trivial scandals. >> and a lot of people hated them. newt gingrich prepares to leave the ring. >> we will be in camp as the nominee in august -- tampa as the nominee in august. >> didn't work out that way. if you don't believe in yourself, nina, who else is going to? >> some people believe in newt. he has been down and out before, and he comes back with a great pontificating life and makes a fortune while he does it, i suspect he will do it one more time. >> newt is always on the fine line between a visionary and fool. but you know, he has been a visionary before, so he could come back. >> not at the presidential level. he is not cut out for that job. but he is smart, talented, and often has good ideas. i would like to see him as u.n. ambassador.
think about ronald reagan, a comparable time in his reelection, and it is historically the lowest since the second world war. that is the reason that the jobs problem is going to remain stagnant between now and election day. >> look at the election of 1952. harry truman is seen as a great president, and if you look back at that time, all these trivial scandals. >> and a lot of people hated them. newt gingrich prepares to leave the ring. >> we will be in camp as the nominee in...
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reagan best put it when he said years ago when he was a democrat did you know that ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it he didn't leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you the republican party in 1980 when i was elected to the senate was a vastly different republican party than it was in the 20 first century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an infusion of funding that we would be heading for in 1930 style depression and a few months earlier when george w. bush was the president, he came up with a $700 billion package to assess the banking industry and the automotive industry. $700 billion was a twin brother to what president obama came up with a few months later with $870 billion stimulus package. house of representatives voted down the bush program and the stock market dropped 700 points at the end of september of 2008. the republican caucus and the senate was organized and vice president cheney came to talk to us. that wild ride liberal, kennedy said a few don't pass this package
reagan best put it when he said years ago when he was a democrat did you know that ronald reagan was a democrat? he was. as ronald reagan put it he didn't leave the democratic party. the democratic party left him. but let me assure you the republican party in 1980 when i was elected to the senate was a vastly different republican party than it was in the 20 first century. when the stimulus vote came up, i was convinced that if we did not have an infusion of funding that we would be heading for...